News Flash - Success! at Tower Hamlets College!

There has been success at Tower Hamlets College. Members at the college have been taking indefinite strike action since 27 August. In the last week, there have been intensive talks with the college management to resolve the dispute. Late yesterday it was confirmed that compulsory redundancies have been successfully avoided through voluntary redundancy ,successful appeals or offers of redeployment. The College has agreed not to revisit the redundancy pools and UCU has confirmed that it will cease industrial action in respect of the current trade dispute which is now resolved and staff will return to work on today, Friday 25 September. The College and UCU wish to restore positive industrial relations and work constructively together to address the on-going serious challenges facing the College. The College has confirmed that there will be no repercussions to staff who have participated in the current industrial action (save that staff will not be paid for days when they were on strike). There is little doubt that this resolution is down to the extraordinary determination shown by UCU members at Tower Hamlets, combined with the fantastic support shown by the wider union. A big thanks to everyone who took sent messages of support, took collections, signed the online petition, attended demonstrations or hosted speakers from Tower Hamlets.